Research and Teaching

I am a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Fraser Valley.

My current research deals with metaphysics and epistemology in German Idealism and German Romanticism. I examine the diverging conceptions of the human-nature relationship and the multiple attempts to balance idealism with a robust realism about the external world proposed therein.

My teaching concentrates on the history of philosophy, especially from the early modern period onward. My main goals are to initiate my students into the core concepts and theories of the Western tradition and to train them in the interpretation of its founding texts.

In both my research and teaching, I approach the history of philosophy not as a museum of bygone ideas to stroll through on a rainy day but as a dynamic, still-living world rich with valuable resources to rethink how we philosophize today.

Background

I obtained my Ph.D. from McGill University in 2020. Previously, I completed a French- and German-language Master’s Degree in Philosophy through the Erasmus Mundus EuroPhilosophy program, during which I studied at UCLouvain, the University of Wuppertal, and the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaures. Before studying abroad, I earned an M.A. in Philosophy and a B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy with a minor in Russian from Memorial University of Newfoundland.